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noun
- 1. a large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side: "a block of marble" Similar
- 2. a large single building subdivided into separate rooms, flats, or offices: British "a block of flats" Similar
verb
- 1. make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible: "the narrow roads were blocked by cars" Similar Opposite
- 2. impress text or a design on (a book cover).
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block noun (GROUP) [ C ] a group of things bought, dealt with, or considered together: a block of tickets / seats / shares. block booking Corporate hospitality firms make block bookings (= buy large numbers of seats) at big sporting events. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of BLOCK is a compact usually solid piece of substantial material especially when worked or altered to serve a particular purpose. How to use block in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Block.
noun. a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces. a hollow masonry building unit of cement, terracotta, etc.: a wall made of concrete blocks. one of a set of cube-shaped pieces of wood, plastic, or the like, used as a child's toy in building.
1. a. A solid piece of a hard substance, such as wood, having one or more flat sides. b. Such a piece used as a construction member or as a support. c. Such a piece upon which chopping or cutting is done: a butcher's block. d. Such a piece upon which persons are beheaded.
A block is a painted wooden cube that kids build with, or a squarish chunk of anything, like a block of cheese or cement. And if you block someone, you prevent them from going past by getting in the way.
If you have a mental block or a block, you are temporarily unable to do something that you can normally do which involves using, thinking about, or remembering something.
noun. /blɒk/ /blɑːk/ Idioms. solid material. [countable] a large piece of a solid material that is square or rectangular in shape and usually has flat sides. The houses are made of concrete blocks with tin roofs. block of something a block of ice/wood. The wall was made from massive blocks of stone.
a solid piece of something, usually in the shape of a square or rectangle: a block of ice / stone / wood.
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Noun. Verb. Adjective. Idiom. Filter. noun. blocks. Any large, solid piece of wood, stone, or metal, often with flat surfaces. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A blocklike stand or platform on which hammering, chopping, etc. is done. A butcher's block, headsman's block. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. An auctioneer's platform.
